Senior Quantity Surveyor/ Senior Project Quantity Surveyor

Position: Senior Quantity Surveyor/ Senior Project Quantity Surveyor

Location: Manchester

Salary: £55k + company benefits + car allowance

The Company: My client is one of the UK's largest and most diverse multidisciplinary consultancies in the design, management, infrastructure, real estate, civil engineering, environmental management, and transport sectors.

The Role:

• The Senior Quantity Surveyor role covers a range of activities which may include cost planning, value management, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analysis, lifecycle costing, tendering, valuation, dispute resolution, and cost estimating. 
• Preparing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities with the architect and/or the client.
• Undertaking cost analysis for repair and maintenance project work.
• Assisting in establishing a client's requirements and undertaking feasibility studies.
• Performing risk, value management and cost control.
• Advising on procurement strategy.
• Identifying, analysing and developing responses to commercial risks.
• Preparing and analysing costings for tenders.
• Allocating work to subcontractors.
• Providing advice on contractual claims.
• Analysing outcomes and writing detailed progress reports.
• Valuing completed work and arranging payments.
• Maintaining awareness of the different building contracts in current use.
• Understanding the implications of health and safety regulations. 

Requirements:

• Degree educated or equivalent in Quantity Surveying/Commercial Management.
• Experienced as a Senior QS / MQS or at Commercial management level within an engineering/project management environment.
• Strong communication skills.
• A proven track record of managing projects at various levels with accountability for the commercial delivery.
• Able to confidently manage subcontractor accounts. 

Benefits:

• This client emphasis, training and development.
• They will motivate you to perform at your peak, recognising your achievements and rewarding them appropriately.
• As well as a generous basic salary they also give you a generous holiday entitlement (which increases with service), discretionary annual bonus, company pension scheme and access to voluntary benefit options including; childcare vouchers, share save scheme, life assurance, holiday buy and many more designed to suit your own personal lifestyle.
• All of this, in a professional but fun environment.